Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1): Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation: (a) Dunaway Excavating, Inc. at 4387 Lacewood Lane, Johnstown, CO 80534: On April 16, 2021, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that adequate precautions had been taken to protect employees who were tasked to enter excavations that had accumulated and were accumulating water. On April 16, 2021, employees were working in an excavation which was approximately 19 feet wide at the top, 11 feet wide at the bottom, and 16 feet deep in type B soil that accumulated approximately two feet of water at the bottom of the excavation, in order to install a sewer tie-in. The trench did not have a system to remove or control the water in the excavation. This condition exposed employees to a cave-in and struck-by hazards.